عَجَبٌa marvel لَعَمريby my life أَنَّthat وَجهَكَyour face مُعرِضٌturning away
عَجَبٌ لَعَمري أَنَّ وَجهَكَ مُعرِضٌ
عَنّيfrom me وَأَنتَwhile you بِوَجهِwith the face of نَفعِكَyour bounty مُقبِلُturning toward
عَنّي وَأَنتَ بِوَجهِ نَفعِكَ مُقبِلُ
Strange, by my life, that your face turns away
Amazement takes me that your face is turned
from me, while you turn toward me with the face of your bounty.
Away from me, though yours is the face of grace.
بِرٌّkindness بَدَأتَyou began بِهِwith it وَدارٌand a house بابُهاits door
بِرٌّ بَدَأتَ بِهِ وَدارٌ بابُها
لِلخَلقِto all people مَفتوحٌopen وَوَجهُكَand your face مُقفَلُclosed
لِلخَلقِ مَفتوحٌ وَوَجهُكَ مُقفَلُ
A kindness you first bestowed, and a house whose door
Goodness you began with, and a house whose door
is open to all people, while your face is closed.
Is open to mankind, while yours is closed in place.
أَوَلاdo you not تَرىsee أَنَّthat الطَلاقَةَcheerfulness جُنَّةٌa shield
أَوَلا تَرى أَنَّ الطَلاقَةَ جُنَّةٌ
مِنagainst سوءِthe harm of ماwhat تَجنيcause الظُنونُsuspicions وَمَعقِلُand a fortress
مِن سوءِ ما تَجني الظُنونُ وَمَعقِلُ
Do you not see that cheerfulness is a shield
Do you not see that pleasantness is a shield
against the harm that suspicions breed, and a fortress?
From the ill that suspicion and mistrust create?
حَليُthe adornment of الصَنيعَةِa favor أَنthat يَكونَthere should be لِرَبِّهاfor its giver
حَليُ الصَنيعَةِ أَن يَكونَ لِرَبِّها
لَفظٌspeech يُحَسِّنُهاbeautifies it وَطَرفٌand a glance قُلقُلُlively, restless
لَفظٌ يُحَسِّنُها وَطَرفٌ قُلقُلُ
The adornment of a favor is that its giver should have
An ornament to the wearer is a tongue
speech that beautifies it, and a lively glance,
That speaks him fair, and eyes that scintillate.
وَمَوَدَّةٌand affection مَطوِيَّةٌfolded away مَنشورَةٌlaid open
وَمَوَدَّةٌ مَطوِيَّةٌ مَنشورَةٌ
فيهاin it إِلىuntil إِنجاحِهاits fulfillment مُتَعَلِّلُone finding solace
فيها إِلى إِنجاحِها مُتَعَلِّلُ
and affection, folded away yet laid open,
A love dissembled and spread wide on the ground
in which one finds solace until the favor is fulfilled.
Is to its thriving will and testament.
إِنif تُعطِyou offer وَجهاًa face كاسِفاًclouded مِنfrom تَحتِهِbeneath it
إِن تُعطِ وَجهاً كاسِفاً مِن تَحتِهِ
كَرَمٌgenerosity وَحِلمُand the forbearance of خَليفَةٍa caliph لاnot تُجهَلُyou are unknown
كَرَمٌ وَحِلمُ خَليفَةٍ لا تُجهَلُ
If you present a clouded face, beneath which lie
If you put on a face of darkness, still
generosity and a caliph's forbearance, you are not unknown:
Beneath it generosity and patience dwell.
فَلَرُبَّfor many a سارِيَةٍnight raincloud عَلَيكَabove you مَطيرَةٍrain-bearing
فَلَرُبَّ سارِيَةٍ عَلَيكَ مَطيرَةٍ
قَدindeed جادَpoured generously عارِضُهاits cloudbank وَماyet not يَتَهَلَّلُit beams
قَد جادَ عارِضُها وَما يَتَهَلَّلُ
for many a rain-bearing night-cloud above you
So many a downpour from the clouds of reproof
has poured generously, though its cloudbank does not beam.
Has rained, and yet wit flashes like a spell.
Sol 6.1